EXHIBIT 5
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Dean C. Arvidson |
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Sr. Vice President, Deputy General Counsel |
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& Corporate Secretary |
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Equifax Inc. |
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1550 Peachtree Street, N.W. |
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Atlanta, Georgia 30309 |
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(404) 885-8045 |
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FAX (404) 885-8522 |
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dean.arvidson@equifax.com |
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July 29, 2008 |
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Equifax Inc.
1550 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
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Re: |
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Equifax Inc. – Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to 16,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Equifax Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan |
Gentlemen:
I am Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Equifax Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), and have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on July 29, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the proposed offer and sale of 16,500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $1.25 per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to the Equifax Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
In connection with this opinion, I have examined and relied upon such records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in my judgment are necessary or appropriate to form the basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth. In all such examinations, I have assumed the genuineness of signatures on original documents and the conformity to such original documents of all copies submitted to me as certified, conformed or photographic copies, and as to certificates of public officials, I have assumed the same to have been properly given and to be accurate. As to matters of fact material to this opinion, I have relied upon statements and representations of representatives of the Company and of public officials.
The opinions expressed herein are limited in all respects to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Georgia, and no opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or any effect which such laws may have on the opinions expressed herein. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
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the Shares are duly authorized; and |
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upon the issuance of the Shares as provided in the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |